Hewitt v. Kellogg

CAVE, Présiding Judge.. The respondents (plaintiffs) brought action against the appellant (defendant) under the federal Housing and Rent Act of Í947, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1881 et seq., to recover for alleged overcharges of rent. A trial resulted in a judgment for respondents of $30 for overcharge of rent, and $150 for attorneys’ fees, from which the defendant appealed..

The only assignment' of error is directed at Instruction No. 1. ’ In substance, the instruction told the jury that if it found that plaintiffs were tenants of defendant in certain described property and that they…